Can people leave gillian anderson alone! She did say in tv guide, that she would love to have another child. So she is not married to Mark, well alot of people are not married. I just like to see the baby she will have. And love to know what she is having,and going to name the child. But why is no one saiding what Piper thinks about this new baby! I bet she happy for her mom and she has a new playdate to play with. Dose this mean Chris Carter will be God child to the new baby! well whatever happens wish her the best of luck, and alot of sleepless night. Well she said in her last newsletter she can’t sleep, but she has Mark and Piper to help her out. But what bugs me looking at the pictures of her at the emmys is, that her mother in the background or someone she knows from work. The one in the white shirt that you could buy the pictures on e-bay, with her posing pictures with.

In my opinion, it would be great if people would allow celebs to live a private life. Some can’t wait to do the math so they can pass judgement. Miss Anderson dedicates much of her time and money to various charities as do many other celebs you love to gossip about. I wish her the best, for once and hope her man is willing to work his ass off to keep her happy and in love. From what I can tell, he’s one lucky B@$#*rd

I’m sorry Marie, but I am just not understanding how A’s comment is anymore judgemental than your posts. In fact, I find A’s point of view to be a refreshing change in a world where anything seems to go–not judegement, just an observation.

Karen – I agree with you that everyone is entitled to their opinions. But sometimes some opinions effectively persecute others for appearing not to have the same ideas, values, beliefs, lifestyles, whatever. I personally hope to be married before I have a child, so, for myself, I agree with you and A there, too. But I’m not about to judge those who don’t think the same. If you don’t know the full story and if no-one’s committing a crime, then, generally speaking, I try to let myself let others be.

jessica bird – that interview was done in April, a month before it was printed. So for all we know she may not have known she was pregnant. I do know, from past interviews, that she stopped smoking once she found out she was expecting Piper and has gone through periods since then, some quite long I think, when she hasn’t smoked because she chose not to for whatever reason. She seems quite capable of not smoking so let’s not jump to conclusions.

I checked the link that Marie provided and interesting to see Gillian was smoking in May…considering she’s 4-1/2 months along then she must have known at that point that she was expecting. That’s just unacceptable, even if you have no problem with her other issues.

A, I totally agree with you–and that’s all it is, Marie…someone’s opinion..and EVERYONE is entitled to one.

Marie, what a great first post!

I personally think she’s a good actress, and seems to be a nice person – And keeps her private life private (Nice in this age of MVT shows, ect.) So I’m glad that she’s having another child and I’m sure her daughter will be a great older sister, and a little helper.

Thank you for clearing things up Marie.

Hello! I’ve never posted on here before. Just wanted to say how pleased I am that Gillian Anderson expecting her second child. I’ve met Gillian a few times and she’s really nice, very grounded and natural and I think a bit reserved and embarrassed by her fame. She’s very good and very gracious with the fans though.

Anyway, I’m glad she’s expecting. She seems in the last year to have hit that really broody can’t-stop-thinking-about-babies stage a lot of women get to. She spoke in interviews about wanting more children. In a radio interview over here (UK) last October that she did, I think the previous item had been some theory about smaller women getting broodier…. I can’t honestly remember…. Something like that…. But anyway, she concurred and could not get through the interview without talking about breastfeeding and weaning. It was very funny.

Anyway, I just wanted to say, in light of Bethie’s comments about Gillian cheating on her husband and getting pregnant and that’s why they separated, that well for a start that’s just pure gossip and speculation based on absolutely nothing and is rather judgemental. Secondly, I don’t know why everyone thinks they split in April. What happened in April was that it wasn’t so much announced as it was confirmed through their lawyers in a very brief statement that they had separated as rumours had abounded in the UK since January/February that they had.

I recall Gillian and her first husband separating in October 1996, but no-one knowing until early 1997. She just doesn’t publicise her life.

There’s a link here to a recent interview Gillian gave to the UK’s Observer magazine in the run-up to the Bafta’s, just after the separation was made public, if you’re interested.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1769165,00.html

One more thing, it’s a little intolerant and narrow-minded to think everyone ought to be pregnant in wed-lock. That’s not always the way it happens, it’s not always the way individuals want it to happen, and why should it be so? We all have different lives and beliefs, how boring if we all thought the same and how sad if we had things like this imposed upon us. Thankfully, most of us on here, I’d think, live in societies where that is not the case. But it’s still sad when we’re judged for not fitting into someone else’s ideal and idea of how things should be.